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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) is shown surrounded by Aryeh Deri (right) and other lawmakers in the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem last December. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 via JTA)
Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square on Saturday to protest their new government’s plans to significantly decrease the power of the country’s Supreme Court.
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Cars wait to cross into Romania on Feb. 24 at the border crossing in the Ukrainian settlement of Solotvyno. (Andreea Campeanu/Getty Images, via JTA)
Tens of thousands of Jews live in Ukraine, making it home to one of the world’s largest Jewish communities, one with a complicated history.
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Hog Heaven: Chicago area motorcycle enthusiast Steve Goode (far left), shown here at Zingerman's Delicatessen in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is biking across America to raise awareness about hunger by visiting 42 Jewish delis, including next Friday at Attman's of East Baltimore. (Courtesy of Steve Goode via JTA)
Baltimore will be among motorcycle maven Steve Goode’s stops on his 75-day, 16,000-mile trek on behalf of Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger.
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Husband-and-wife team Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg are the heart and soul of Nefesh Mountain. (Photo by Lawrence Rickford, courtesy of JTA)
Jewish bluegrass duo Nefesh Mountain has released a song inspired by Anne Frank’s optimism in honor of what would have been the Holocaust diarist’s 92nd birthday.
Read MoreIn the wake of a spate of anti-Semitic incidents across the U.S., some Hollywood notables are voicing their concern.
Read More“Wonder Woman” Gal Gadot and 10 other notables offer their thoughts on the Middle East crisis.
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Mandy Patinkin says of comprehending the motivations and complexities behind the Holocaust: "My job is to imagine, that is my profession. I have never been able to get ahold of that.” (Screenshot provided by JTA)
The “Princess Bride” star previously believed he never had any family members who perished during the Shoah.
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(Sean O'Neill; Courtesy of Bari Mitzmann; David Zvi Kalman; Courtesy of Rabbi Sam Reinstein; Emily Marbach via JTA)
It’s a golden age for creative Haggadot, writes Gabe Friedman, with options for everyone from the Seinfeld superfan to the history buff.
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Edith and Louis Bluefeld are shown here in 2021 while being interviewed recently by a Florida television affiliate. (Screen shot from WPTV, provided by JTA)
The Bluefelds will celebrate their centennial birthdays and 80th wedding anniversary this year.
Read MoreSammy’s Roumanian Steakhouse has closed, but the eatery’s owner, David Zimmerman, said he hopes to hopes to revive the restaurant in a new location when things are “somewhat back to normal,” after the COVID crisis that has decimated the dining industry.
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Former Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate. (Getty Images, via JTA)
Sen. Kamala Harris is the first Black woman to join a major party presidential ticket.
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